Posted on 04/29/2024 10:07:17 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
Terry Clark Hughes Jr. is the 39-year-old suspect who opened fire at the scene where four law enforcement officers in Charlotte, North Carolina, were shot and killed on April 29, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.
Hughes was not the only shooter, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said in a news conference. “When they approached Hughes,” officers “were met by gunfire and returned the gunfire, striking” Hughes, who was found deceased in a yard, Jennings said.
Officers then received “additional gunfire from inside of the residence,” he said. It was not immediately clear whose bullets struck which officers. Police have not identified the other shooter, although two other people are in custody. Police confirmed they believe two people opened fire; Hughes opened fire first, Jennings said.
“On Monday, April 29, 2024, an armed suspect opened fire on law enforcement officers in the 5000 block of Galway Drive in the North Tryon Division,” police wrote in an April 29 news release.
“The deceased suspect has been identified as Terry Clark Hughes, Jr, 39,” police wrote. WSOC-TV reporter Joe Bruno confirmed that the above mugshot is Hughes Jr.
“Four Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers were shot, one of which succumbed to his injuries. Additionally, four officers from the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force were shot, three of which succumbed to their injuries,” CMPD wrote.
Three of the deceased officers have been named; they are North Carolina Department of Adult Correction veterans, Sam Poloche and Alden Elliott and CMPD Officer Joshua Eyer.
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He’s already dead
From the press conference, IIRC it was the chief who said officers (plural) approached the downed suspect (Hughes) and then they took fire from the house.
Eventually a 17 y/o male and a woman (I'm not sure her age was given) in the house were detained. The big unknown at this point seems to be which of the two did the shooting from the house, or perhaps both did.
The motive(s) of the 2nd shooter(s) could be anything from "they ain't gonna get me" to "payback", or some combination.
If you are saying "Why weren't the LEO's vigilant about the house?", I don't know. A crime scene is never secure until the entire scene is secure...
There is always the possibility some of the wounds were blue on blue. Once everyone unleashes, there are bullets flying all over the block.
This is my hunch as well. As per their training, the LEOs would have been VERY careful in arresting this creep. This includes taking cover during the arrest, and being prepared to quickly return fire from the suspect himself.
It's taking fire from inside the house that caught them off guard. We'll see (eventually) how the investigation pans out.
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Is hugh’s able to breath okay?
Well, there goes that story. We’ll never hear of it again.
That “crossing the border” is horse hockey. The FBI dives into whatever it wants to, any time it wants to.
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